{"id":81,"date":"2008-06-10T20:49:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T01:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2008-06-10T20:49:39","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T01:49:39","slug":"development-delays-for-lu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Development delays for LU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"article_font\">The deal to develop Crossroads Colonnade, a major retail project involving Liberty University, is still on, but will be delayed until the nation\u2019s economy rebounds, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>LU is planning to sell 184 acres near its campus to AIG Baker, a commercial developer based in Alabama. Most of the envisioned 900,000 square feet of retail would be in Campbell County, but about 18 acres of it would be in Lynchburg.<\/p>\n<p>The full Crossroads plan encompasses 212 acres and includes residential construction, although no contracts have been announced for that element yet.<\/p>\n<p>The retail project\u2019s postponement will likely push the groundbreaking to next year. It was previously hoped construction could begin sometime this year.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, as part of the Crossroads plan, Lynchburg City Council agreed to rezone 3.6 acres previously designated as conservation property.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange, LU agreed to convert another 3.6 acres of university land to conservation status.<\/p>\n<p>The school has since identified the property it\u2019s willing to rezone and will bring its proposal to the planning commission today.<\/p>\n<p>The suggested acres are split between two properties on Carroll Avenue and the Dearing Street area, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Carroll Avenue site, located near Lynchburg City Stadium and the house where LU\u2019s annual Scaremare event is set up, would provide 1.29 acres of the required land.<\/p>\n<p>The Dearing Street portion, located on an island in the James River in the Rivermont Avenue area, would supply 2.33 acres.<\/p>\n<p>City staff proposed placing land-use restrictions on the property to ensure it would be preserved in perpetuity. LU declined to volunteer any such conditions, according to a planning commission memo, saying it has not yet determined a use for those presently vacant lots.<\/p>\n<p>By-right uses of conservation land in Lynchburg include agricultural endeavors and telecommunications towers.<\/p>\n<p>City staff has recommended the LU rezoning be approved. The planning commission meets today at 4 p.m. in City Hall, 900 Church St.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners will also meet Thursday at the same time to hold a special work session on the proposed big-box ordinance, which would place new restrictions on future large-scale commercial developments.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deal to develop Crossroads Colonnade, a major retail project involving Liberty University, is still on, but will be delayed until the nation\u2019s economy rebounds,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=81\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Development delays for LU<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-features","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJcR0-1j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}